Generally speaking, violence always arises out of impotence. It is the hope of those who have no power.
Hannah ArendtAll political institutions are manifestations and materializations of power; they petrify and decay as soon as the living power of the people ceases to uphold them.
Hannah ArendtAbsence of thought is indeed a powerful factor in human affairs, statistically speaking the most powerful, not just in the conduct of the many but in the conduct of all.
Hannah Arendtif we do not know our own history, we are doomed to live it as though it were our private fate.
Hannah Arendt